I LOVE the Olympics, and I love to reflect on where I was when the last Olympics happened. For instance, when the 2008 Summer Olympics were happening I was moving into my first place! My tiny little apartment that I loved and lived in all last year! I remember sitting in my living room with no furniture watching Shawn Johnson and waiting for days for my mom to return to me with the trailer full of my belongings!
Anyways one of my favorites is the opening ceremony. I mean, did you see the ceremony at Beijing?! It was incredible! I was so impressed by all of their routines, and really just the sheer mass of people all perfectly coordinated. It was quite impressive. I really think they ruined opening ceremonies forever though, I mean, how can anyone compete with that! The iconic imagery of chinese culture, and all the colors! It was just impressive.
Now, I can't say much about the Vancouver opening ceremony because, well, I missed most of it. I was so upset about it too. I was at work, at our final performance of the Musical "Once Upon a Mattress" I did happen to catch the tail end of it, but I missed my favorite part: when the Olympians enter, and then the torch is lit. Great stuff.
Now I have a few things to comment on what has happened so far.
First of all, the pairs figure skating. Oh my lord, I was on the edge of my seat! I stayed up till 12:00 on a school night when I had to get up at 6:00 AM the next day (aka big deal). I just had to see all of their performances, and who medaled.
Now I think my favorite pair was the Germans. They had this sort of style to their routines that (in my non-professional) opinion the other pairs were sort of lacking. And of course they skated their short program to "Send in the Clowns" which I love!! They were my favorite performers to watch, I felt like even though they were competing, they were also performing from the heart; which I really appreciated!
I also really enjoyed the USA pairs Amanda Evora & Mark Ladwig and Caydee Denney & Jeremy Barret. I'm not exactly sure, but I got the imression that Caydee and Jeremy have not been skating together for very long (I could be wrong) but they were awesome!! Caydee has this adorable little face with short blond hair, and she is a really powerful little grasshopper! I have a feeling that at the next Winter Olympics, they will be in prime position for a medal. Now the other USA pair: Amanda and Mark, they were quite on top of their routine, and skated very beautifully. Amanda is extremely graceful and is so wonderful to watch!
By the way Amanda and Jeremy are dating! I find it so funny how figure skaters date each other, and it is even better when they skate together. Although, I'm not sure I could spend all the time 24/7 with Hubs in a practice and then at home. I love Hubs, but that is a lot of togetherness!! What exactly is it about Pairs Skating that leads to romance?
And that leads me to the Chinese Xue Shen and Hongbo Zhao, who are a married couple that came out of retirement to win a Gold Olympic medal, and boy did they succeed. Hongbo is nearly 40 years old, and for one: I'm surprised he is still competing and two: he doesn't look that old to me! This pair definitely deserved to win gold they were by far the best technical skaters, and they delivered a great performance. When they realized they won gold, and broke that incredible Russian record, they were basically like:
"What do we do with our life now?"
"I guess we can make a baby?!?!"
It was so cute. Yes, please, go have a life. Move out of those dorms and have an adult married life!
All of the pairs are incredibly talented, and beautiful. I could not keep my eyes off of them!! Hubs and I had a great time cuddling on the couch watching it all... but the anxiety was really getting to Hubs. Every time someone fell he muttered a very heart felt "Ahhh Gosh!" which is his basic way of saying... well there goes their chances!! And at one point he covered his eyes because he couldn't handle the tension! He cares so much!
I hope you all stayed up way past your bed time and enjoyed the pairs skating also, what did you think of it all??
Now I have a few things to comment on what has happened so far.
First of all, the pairs figure skating. Oh my lord, I was on the edge of my seat! I stayed up till 12:00 on a school night when I had to get up at 6:00 AM the next day (aka big deal). I just had to see all of their performances, and who medaled.
Now I think my favorite pair was the Germans. They had this sort of style to their routines that (in my non-professional) opinion the other pairs were sort of lacking. And of course they skated their short program to "Send in the Clowns" which I love!! They were my favorite performers to watch, I felt like even though they were competing, they were also performing from the heart; which I really appreciated!
I also really enjoyed the USA pairs Amanda Evora & Mark Ladwig and Caydee Denney & Jeremy Barret. I'm not exactly sure, but I got the imression that Caydee and Jeremy have not been skating together for very long (I could be wrong) but they were awesome!! Caydee has this adorable little face with short blond hair, and she is a really powerful little grasshopper! I have a feeling that at the next Winter Olympics, they will be in prime position for a medal. Now the other USA pair: Amanda and Mark, they were quite on top of their routine, and skated very beautifully. Amanda is extremely graceful and is so wonderful to watch!
By the way Amanda and Jeremy are dating! I find it so funny how figure skaters date each other, and it is even better when they skate together. Although, I'm not sure I could spend all the time 24/7 with Hubs in a practice and then at home. I love Hubs, but that is a lot of togetherness!! What exactly is it about Pairs Skating that leads to romance?
And that leads me to the Chinese Xue Shen and Hongbo Zhao, who are a married couple that came out of retirement to win a Gold Olympic medal, and boy did they succeed. Hongbo is nearly 40 years old, and for one: I'm surprised he is still competing and two: he doesn't look that old to me! This pair definitely deserved to win gold they were by far the best technical skaters, and they delivered a great performance. When they realized they won gold, and broke that incredible Russian record, they were basically like:
"What do we do with our life now?"
"I guess we can make a baby?!?!"
It was so cute. Yes, please, go have a life. Move out of those dorms and have an adult married life!
All of the pairs are incredibly talented, and beautiful. I could not keep my eyes off of them!! Hubs and I had a great time cuddling on the couch watching it all... but the anxiety was really getting to Hubs. Every time someone fell he muttered a very heart felt "Ahhh Gosh!" which is his basic way of saying... well there goes their chances!! And at one point he covered his eyes because he couldn't handle the tension! He cares so much!
I hope you all stayed up way past your bed time and enjoyed the pairs skating also, what did you think of it all??
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